Chapter 333 Cultural Differences

Chapter 333 Cultural Differences



While Erich and S'aleth were at dinner, discussing their pasts, and getting to know one another. The Deputy Leader of the Germanic Star-Empire was meeting with S'varin and a few other politicians from the Dvrakian Consortium.

S'varin was inclined to believe the severity of the situation at hand regarding the Naraku Splinter Fleet known as Terminus. But at the same time, he remained skeptical until Karl could provide some solid evidence of his claim.

But it would take some time before this evidence could arrive, and thus at the moment he was entertaining the Deputy Leader of the Germanic Star-Empire at a nice dinner which was simply a cover for a diplomatic meeting.

The other politicians by S'varin's side were also skeptical of the Germanic Star-Empire's claims. Or their motives for approaching the Dvrakian Consortium. Yet despite this skepticism, they all treated Karl as if he were a distinguished guest.

Of course, as the Supreme Leader of the Germanic Star-Empire, Karl wasn't a fool, he knew that S'varin had gone out of his way to have Erich absent from this important meeting, and thus he was quick to address this issue with a stern tone in his voice. Explore the beginning of this data at n0v^lbin★

"I must say... I find it disturbing that you would host an informal peace conference while deliberately excluding my adjutant from it. Has he done something to offend you, or do you simply want me on my own for some ulterior motive?"

The Dvrakian politicians were immediately appalled that Karl not only knew of their intentions, but had also spoken them out loud for everyone to hear. It was because of this that S'varin immediately tried to backtrack and claim that he had done no such thing.

"Please... Mr. Deputy Leader, I believe you are being paranoid. Your adjutant had volunteered to go on a tour of the city. It's not my fault I have not been able to get ahold of the young man..."

Despite this being a reasonable excuse, Karl was not so easily fooled, as he quickly pointed out the failure in logic within S'varin's statement.

The reason Erich was so curious was twofold. One, it made S'aleth think he was nothing like his own people, and thus far more endearing to her. And two, the Dvrakian Civilization was all but annihilated in his past life, and its history was washed away with their rivers of blood.

In his past life, Erich had never learned much about Dvrakian civilization. All he knew was that he had fought a war against them, and that they considered themselves to be "lovers rather than fighters."

It was interesting to see the perspective of a peaceful society like the Dvrakian Consortium. Especially when compared to the fanatically militaristic one that Erich hailed from. Dvrakian history was older than human history by tens of thousands of years. And was much better preserved.

After all, most human civilizations were wiped out during ancient wars, and were only rediscovered and pieced together through fragmented records and archeological finds. But the Dvrakian Civilization had a continuous line of history that recorded pretty much everything that happened since they first developed a system of writing.

War was not in their nature, and though they would wage it in defense of their own territory. They had seldom waged it against themselves, and when they did it was always conducted with some form of civility. Rules of war were always established to protect cultural and religious sites, as well as civilian populations. And these rules went back to the earliest era of recorded Dvrakian history.

In comparison, formal rules of war that protected such interests continued to be broken and violated well into the 21st century of human history. Meanwhile, the Germanic Star-Empire thought of such things as the notions of the naïve and foolish.

The results of such a mindset had been nothing short of destructive, resulting in a very fragmented history where the only truth that people knew about the past of humanity was that which was written by the victor.

When Erich spoke of his civilization, he was surprised to find that S'aleth was struggling to stop herself from crying. It was abundantly clear that she was not the same S'aleth that Erich had known in his past life.

Probably because war was such a foreign concept to the woman in this life, whereas in Erich's past life S'aleth had fought on the front lines of two major wars, and had been hardened to the cruelty of the universe by the time Erich had met her.

Once thing was certain, by the time the dinner was over, S'aleth found herself having a new understanding of Erich and his people. One that made her deeply confused about her own feelings towards an alien.